Reliquary

Pendergast, Book 2

By: Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

Narrated by: Dick Hill

Length: 13 hrs and 48 mins

Publisher's summary

Hidden deep beneath Manhattan lies a warren of tunnels, sewers, and galleries, mostly forgotten by those who walk the streets above. There lies the ultimate secret of the Museum Beast.

When two grotesquely deformed skeletons are found deep in the mud off the Manhattan shoreline, museum curator Margo Green is called in to aid the investigation. Margo must once again team up with police lieutenant D'Agosta and FBI agent Pendergast, as well as the brilliant Dr. Frock, to try and solve the puzzle. The trail soon leads deep underground, where they will face the awakening of a slumbering nightmare.

Prolong the suspense: listen to the first book, Relic.

©2008 Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (P)2008 Brilliance Audio

Critic reviews

The netherworld of New York City...proves as shuddery a setting for the authors' latest scientific monster mash as the American Museum of Natural History did for their bestselling Relic, to which this is the sequel. ( Publishers Weekly)
"This should do for the New York subway system what Jaws did for Long Island beaches." ( Booklist)
"Dick Hill's reading of this fascinating sequel to Relic builds the suspense and horror." ( AudioFile)

excellent writing and mystery

once again, a great ride. As a bonus, I always learn something and am inspired to do more reading, usually of a non-fiction type

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I love these stories they keep you listen for hours. kept me wanting more

Character development at its best!

The characters are relatable and engaging. You just can’t beat Pendergast! It’s good to see the end of this monster.

Entertaining

Love the Pendergast series! Listening to each of them again, Douglas Preston and Lee Child have come up with great characters and thrillers around D’Agosta!

Strong start, all downhill from there

I was on the fence about the first book, but this one started out much stronger. Unfortunately, after roughly the first quarter, the rest became predictable and drawn out. I would give the first half an 8.5/10 and the second half a 5.5/10.

Falls short of the first book.

I read the first book and took a liking to many of the characters so I was happy to see some of them return here. Given that fact I will likely listen to the third book and hope it gets better.

If I had rated this before the last hour it would have been 3s all across but the story took a turn for the dumb in the last hour so I took it down to 2 stars.

I did not enjoy this narrator as much as the narrator of the first book. It seemed that he mixed up the voices of two of the main male characters a couple of times. I figured it out from context but it interrupted the storyline.

Excellent Download

This was a great purchase. The dramatization was excellent. It definitely kept you involved with the story. Definitely not for children.

Disappointed

Would you consider the audio edition of Reliquary to be better than the print version?

no

What didn’t you like about Dick Hill’s performance?

It was horrible. the male voices all sounded whiny, especially Smithback who sounded like a nasally, whimp.

Any additional comments?

I really enjoy the Pendergast novels (though Pendergast is hardly relevant in this story). I loved this story but it fell short of 5 stars. My main complaint is why, oh why did they change narrator form Relic?! David Colacci did a wonderful job; Dick Hill is horrible. I almost stopped listening but kept at it anyway. Also i do not like the various "voice sound effects" like the "phone" or "radio" or "thinking" effects. I find them distracting & annoyoing.
If there is a complaint with the actualy story it is why do our authors feel that absolutely anyone in authority is an absolute ass and was clearly, somehow put in a position of management or supervision to make stupid decisions?
Overall i think this would be a better read than listen.

Great book, but ignore the bad science

The novel is well paced, fun, and full of action. The characters are (mostly) believable, and suitably flawed. The performance is decent, but most of the characters are lacking their own voice, and there are a few mispronunciations. Overall, the book is quite enjoyable, and makes for an wonderful and exciting followup to "Relic".

The one thing that bears warning, is the use of false science, or the lack of proper research. While this presents itself as a Michael Crichton-type book, that is an extrapolation of science fact, into science fiction, there are many falsities, and incorrect assumptions made. Especially where physics are concerned with the final confrontations. If you can suspend your disbelief, and acknowledge this is fiction, then you should be good. But if you watch movies, and say to yourself "That's not how explosives work" or watch CSI, and say to yourself "DNA can't be ran in a half hour", then you may want to back away from this book.

I give it a jesh and a huuump.

The narrator is fantastic. The 1st book is better. Alas I am too deep now to stop. I'll continue with the series.